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September 30, 2009
Prison sentences for Americans in I...
In Italy the trial against those Italian and American agents believed to be involved in an alleged CIA rendition operation continues. The Italian prosecutor has...
September 29, 2009
Two ‘spies’ publicly executed i...
In Somalia, two men were executed on Monday by a 10-person firing squad. They were – according to Al-Shabaab, the militant Islamic group ruling large areas...
September 25, 2009
Dems fight to lessen US gov domesti...
The Patriot Act, drawn up and passed within weeks of 9/11, is under review. Three major Patriot Act provisions will expire at the end of the year, and it seems...
September 24, 2009
Hilton marked by corporate espionag...
When Hilton launched its new lifestyle brand hotel Denizen in April 2009, Starwood freaked, and brought suit against Hilton for “the clearest imaginable case of corporate espionage, theft of...
September 23, 2009
More and more spies sent to Afghani...
As the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan drags on, the number of intelligence officials deployed to the country continues to grow, and it seems now that...
September 22, 2009
Trial begins for U.S. informant to ...
You’re a former U.S. Air Force officer, and your local New Orleans furniture salesman asks you to share with him some top secret military information. What do you do? Well, we guess it depends on what you’re being offered in...
September 21, 2009
Famous female Russian spy dies at 9...
When it comes to infamous spy couples, most of us think Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, but even though Mikhail and Elizaveta Mukasei had somewhat less eventful deaths, they were easily one of the world’s most notorious...
September 18, 2009
Colombia’s spy agency to close it...
In the continually unfolding scandal plaguing Colombia’s domestic intelligence agency DAS, all signs point to guilty. New evidence seems to confirm time and again not only that the intelligence agency carried out an illegal...
September 17, 2009
Cruise and Diaz start filming new s...
Looking for the next big blockbuster spy film? Well, 2010’s got a couple coming your way. First, there’s Salt, in which a CIA agent played by the sultry Angelina Jolie is accused of being a Russian spy and has to jump through...
September 16, 2009
U.S. spy chief reveals spy strategy
Tuesday night, U.S. Intelligence Director Dennis Blair shared with the public his new official spy strategy for U.S. intelligence, which includes more collaboration between the 16 different spy agencies, increased...
September 4, 2009
In Russia, soaring surveillance fig...
In an unprecedented show of transparency – ironically, about something that is carried out in secret – Russia’s Supreme Court has revealed to the public the shocking extent to which the Federal Security Service (FSB) spies on...
September 3, 2009
MI5 manhunt for dead Nazi revealed
A hitherto classified MI5 file, finally released a couple days ago, reveals that the British secret services were, for a long time, chasing after a dead Nazi. Seems like a productive use of taxes folks, and also a classic plot-line for a...
September 2, 2009
Taliban successfully targets Afghan...
Today’s Taliban suicide bombing, which exploded through a crowd outside a mosque in Mehterlam, a city 60 miles east of Kabul, killed Afghanistan’s deputy chief of intelligence onsite. The attack left over 20 others dead as well and...
September 1, 2009
Arab Israeli feeding intel to Hezbo...
Rawi Sultani, an Arab Israeli belonging to the same gym as the Israeli Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, has been accused of collaborating with Hezbollah plans to assassinate Ashkenazi. It is believed by Israeli officials that...